Mutation in the M1 domain of the acetylcholine receptor α subunit decreases the rate of agonist dissociation

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 757-766

  Wang, Hai Long ^a   Auerbach, Anthony ^b   Bren, Nina ^a   Ohno, Kinji ^a   Engel, Andrew G ^a   Sine, Steven M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine binding site; Single channel kinetics

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; KINETICS; MICE; MUTATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 0030906795     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.109.6.757     Document Type: Article

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